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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
David Stephen Reiner, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert J. Pellowski, Ledyard, CT (US);
Harold M. Sandstrom, Belmont, MA (US);
Harrison K. Roberts, Boxborough, MA (US);
Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
David Stephen Reiner, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert J. Pellowski, Ledyard, CT (US);
Harold M. Sandstrom, Belmont, MA (US);
Harrison K. Roberts, Boxborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A processing platform comprises at least one server, computer or other processing device having a processor coupled to a memory, and implements a plurality of modules for adaptive optimization across an information technology (IT) infrastructure. The modules include a collector configured to gather information from the infrastructure, an analyzer coupled to the collector and configured to analyze the information gathered by the collector, a policy module specifying a plurality of policy sets, and a controller that is coupled to the collector, the analyzer and the policy module. The controller is configured to adjust one or more parameters of the infrastructure via corresponding control points. Associated with the analyzer is a situational analysis framework configured to periodically select and deploy for use by the controller a particular one of the specified plurality of policy sets responsive to changing operating conditions of the infrastructure. The infrastructure may comprise a virtual data center (VDC) or other type of virtual infrastructure.